Retail News » Coronovirus Fashion Industry

Coming from an industry so hard hit by the Coronavirus crisis, with 180,000 retail jobs lost last year and more predicted for 2021, it is difficult to see any silver linings as we suffer through yet another lockdown. However recent figures show that things are on the up for much of the population, with the number of people on reduced salaries down by 50%...

How innocent we were back in January, making plans for the year ahead. How very long ago it all seems now as we drag ourselves towards the finish line of what has been, for many, the hardest year in living memory. But despite gloomy news about restrictions over Christmas and threats of many areas being relegated back to stricter regulations, there does seem to...

Despite the bad news assailing the retail sector over the last year, and the continuing lockdowns hitting high street brands hard as consumers switched to ordering online, there was always a sense of hope that things would eventually go back to “normal”. There are certain mainstays of the high street that have always seemed untouchable – pillars of the sector which would outlast any...